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Title: To Hell and Back (Military Classics Series) by Audie Murphy ISBN: 0-8306-4002-9 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: December, 1988 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Audie's Own Story on Film
Comment: This is one film that is ripe for a remake. But one thing should be kept in mind; even if you got Spielberg to direct it, Tom Hanks to produce it, and the most authentic WWII gear to make it look real, it would be missing the one thing the original movie has: Audie Murphy himself.
This cinematic treatment of his ghostwritten World War II memoir of the same name differs in many ways from the book. Novak is killed when Murphy was in the hospital according to the book, but in the movie, he dies before Murphy's eyes. Audie is seen at the film's beginning taking care of the family; in truth, he was in orphanages. But again, the movie has Murphy.
And for me, that's enough. Not too many heroes get to portray themselves on the screen. And Audie had enough acting ability to play himself on the screen (something Mickey Mantle or Jackie Robinson couldn't really do with all due respect).
Still, it's a fun movie and it does give viewers Murphy's war experiences in a nice digestible hour and a half. Heck, even if half of what is portrayed on the screen was true, Murphy's war experiences would eclipse 99% of all the others (the guys of E Company in Band of Brothers are included here too).
It's a good intro to Murphy's war career if somehow his book is too daunting or if one doesn't have the time.
Rating: 4
Summary: Surprisingly Good Hollywood Take On Murphy's War
Comment: The single biggest reason to watch this movie is that the star himself was in fact the single most decorated war hero of World War Two, and he is convincing here playing himself with dignity, sincerity, and humility, which, of course, Audie Murphy always had in spades. The movie was adopted from his best-selling autobiography, which my Mom let me read after blackening out all of the four letter slang (as she called it). Perhaps it shows that he was my childhood hero, and I still have a personalized autographed photo somewhere reading "Thanks, Barry, for being my fan" that a friend's mom got for three or four of us ten year olds at the time this movie was released in the mid 1950s. It was the first movie I saw ten times. And I wasn't alone; Murphy was a national icon.
The movie truly is a classic; tightly directed, poignant, honest, accurate, and showing gripping combat without being gory or maudlin. It sometimes decends into travelogue movie-theater type newsreel moments, but these are thankfully rare and forgiveable. On the other hand, this is an interesting and absolutely true story of a common and uneducated boy from rural Texas who wanted more than anything to be a soldier and serve his country, and his subsequent deeds and patriotism above and beyond the call of duty inspired a whole generation of us who wanted to imitate his call to country. Unfortunately we walked into another time and the miasma of Vietnam. But that's another story for another time. Escape back to a time when the moral choices were clearer, and a real live hero was available to act his way memorably through an accurate recounting of his extraordinary if abbreviated military career. He may be gone too soon, the victim of a plane crash in the early 1970s, but his lifetime admirers remain. Enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: I'm embarassed
Comment: I have to say that after I saw this movie, I was a little embarassed that I had never heard of Audie Murphy before, especially since I'm 37 years old. This guy epitomizes the term "war hero" and his story needs to be retold. I'd love to see this remade so that more generations of people would know about him. The current version was great, especially because Audie plays himself. A must watch, especially for anyone who doesn't know anything about him.
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Title:Biography - Audie Murphy ASIN: B000006QGL Publisher: A & E Entertainment Pub. Date: 04 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.95 |
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Title:Battleground ASIN: 0790748932 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy ISBN: 0805070869 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title:The Enemy Below ASIN: B0001NBMH6 Publisher: Fox Home Entertainme Pub. Date: 25 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $10.49 |
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Title:Wake Island ASIN: 6300185192 Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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